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Note
Date 25 January 2016 - 18 May 2016
Event ID 1045232
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1045232
This fort is situated on the crest of the rocky crag and tail formation known as Hareheugh Craigs, which forms the NW shoulder of the higher ground to the W of Sweethope Hill. Roughly oval on plan, the stony rampart follows the contours of the outcrops and encloses an area measuring about 105m from ENE to WSW by 34m transversely (0.29ha). The rampart has been severely reduced, but several outer facing stones are visible on its SE flank. Robert Kinghorn, who discovered the fort about 1934, noted four circular platforms along the S side, two of which are visible on satellite imagery, and a survey carried out in 1999 as part of a wider evaluation identified others (Ellis 1999), though the hard rocky spine of the hillock occupies most of the interior. Kinghorn identified three entrances, on the NE, ENE and WSW respectively, but RCAHMS investigators who visited in 1979 noted only the gap in the rampart on the ENE, which opens onto the gently sloping tail rising up to the crest of the crags.
Information from An Atlas of Hillforts of Great Britain and Ireland – 18 May 2016. Atlas of Hillforts SC4031
